Westminster College - Blue Jay Yearbook (Fulton, MO)

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Probably Dr. Kerr's best work at Westminster has been his persistent preparation for the Westminster that is to be. To many 'of the friends of the college he has brought their Hrst vision of the future, to m-any he has brought determination to achieve that vision. The generation following will know and enjoy the Westminster which Dr. Kerr has prophesied. And yet in the seven years of his administration the Westminster that now is has stepped forward as in no previous period. Witness: The largest single year's student enrollment C183, in 1907-1908D in Westminster's history. The graduation in seven years of .86 men, more than one-fifth of all the alumni in Westminster's sixty-two years. The faculty increased one-third in number. Entrance and graduation requirements raised to a point which sets a standard for other Missouri colleges. The St. Louis SB100,000 endowment and building campaign successfully completed in 1906, resulting in the acquisition of Priest Field, the building of Washington West Mansion, the paying of building debts on Reunion Hall and Science Hall, and the addition to date of nearly 340,000 net cash to the college endowments. The rehabilitation of the old library and the development of a useful modern library. The formation from the beginning of a first-class biological laboratory, and the strengthening of already good physical and chemical equipments. Athletics supported by college appropriation and brought under faculty coaching. Development and cor- dial support of student publications and organizations. Recognition that beautiful surroundings are 'essential to complete education, and hence the development and beautifying of Westminster's naturally attractive campus. CHere we take off our hat to Mrs. Kerr, whose painstaking and loving work with tree, shrub, flower, sod, and vine is like magic.j And last the 'most characteristic feature of Dr. Kerr's influence: New Westminster Hall,- strong, true, dignified, adequate, and beautiful for today and for the genera- .,... , .,,, ,.,. .,. tion following. Dr. Kerr, on behalf of the sons of Westminster, past, present, and future, we are grateful to you. We shall re- 1 f 'A i N 7' IU.--ff-'....ffl2. -:iff- i r ff . 7. .,-gi ,yu ' '11 ' , . .-,A V V . I - E i 'Mi ' - ' xl , i gf' Mc r ,,,,,,w,,.,........---Wg member that you were friend to each of agggwwwm 5, uS,' personally and lovingly. taking thought for us, as you did for West- minster. Hail! ' imaaaen. WM. ' Westminster Hall, 1911. 6

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David Ramsey Kerr, D. D., Ph. D. PRESIDENT 1904-1911. 'The streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, -that is Dr. Kerr's ideal of a college. Often have we heard him pray thus for XVest- minster. Too little, perhaps. do we realize how he has striven to achieve the Psalmist's further injunction: 'Tell the towers thereof. Mark ye well ' l t e may tell it to the generation her hulwarks, consider her palaces, tia y following. J

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Board of Trustees. L ELECTED BY SYNOD U. S. S CLASS OF 1911. B. H. Charles, jr., Esq., '85, St. Louis. John F. Green, Esq., '84, St. Louis. Rev. A. A. Wallace, D. D., '84, Mexico. R. M. Xvhite, '76, Mexico. CLASS OF 1912. E. VV. Grant, '80, Fulton. Graham Lacy, St. joseph. N. B. McKee, Ph. D., Fulton. Hon. VVilliarn H. VVallaCe, LL. D., '71, Kansas City CLASS OF 1913. Rev. John F. Cannon, D. D., St. Louis. Rev. W. R. Dobyns, D. D., St. Joseph. D. B. Pankey, Kennett. E. C. Sooy, Kansas City. ELECTED BY SYNOD, U. S. A. . CLASS OF 1911. George T. Coxhead, St. Louis. Rev. john F. Hendy, D. D., jefferson City. Rev. 5.1. NiCC0lls, D. D., L. L. D., St. Louis. Rev. George Reynolds, D. D., Kansas City. CLASS OF 1912. George XV. Dulany, Hannibal. S. J. Fisher, LL. D., St. Louis. George D. Ford, Kansas City. Rev. 'XVrn. MCKittriCk, D. D., St. Louis. . CLASS OF 1913. Ben F. Edwards, St. Louis. Hon. H. S. Priest, St. Louis. john Holmes, St. Louis. Hon. Selden P. Spencer, LL. D., St. Louis. 7 7